{"id":15761,"date":"2021-02-19T20:33:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T20:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=15761"},"modified":"2021-02-19T20:33:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T20:33:12","slug":"6-things-men-should-know-about-sexual-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/6-things-men-should-know-about-sexual-health\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Things Men Should Know About Sexual Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s face it. Men don\u2019t necessarily want to talk about their sexual health. But that leaves them with so many questions and musings about whether or not their sex lives are normal. Here are a few of the most frequent questions that men often wonder about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. How Long Do Sexual Encounters Typically Last?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one wants to be at the low end of the average, but the truth is the truth. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piedmont.org\/living-better\/8-things-men-should-know-about-their-sexual-health\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Shah at Piedmont Health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average sexual encounter usually lasts somewhere between 14 and 30 minutes. But a more important question is the actual penetration time. The national average is two minutes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. What Are the Health Benefits of Having Sex?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best benefit to having sex is that you can improve the intimacy with your partner. Sex is also great to relieve stress and lower anxiety. Finally, prostate health and function are increased with sexual activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. How Many Times a Month is Normal?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research suggests that most couples have sex between 2 and 6 times a month, or in<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> other words, about once a week.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>4. Why Aren\u2019t Men Getting Enough Sex?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two major reasons why men are not getting enough sex. One is that they have lost intimacy with their partner. And the second is that they do not have enough time. Both of these problems are difficult to remedy, but it can be done.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>5. What Numbers Should You Keep Track of in Regards to Sexual Health?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several important numbers to make sure that you are as healthy as you can\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be for sex. Blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, PSA (prostate specific antigen),\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and testosterone levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>6. Are You Ever Too Old for Sexual Relations?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short answer is no. Men well into their 80\u2019s are enjoying intimacy with their loving <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">partners. You only need to stop if your doctor tells you to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you know a few helpful hints about keeping up with your sexual health. You are\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">never too old to enjoy intimacy with your partner and the stress relief you can receive\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from a loving sexual relationship!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s face it. Men don\u2019t necessarily want to talk about their sexual health. But that leaves them with so many questions and musings about whether or not their sex lives are normal. Here are a few of the most frequent questions that men often wonder about.\u00a0 1. How Long Do Sexual Encounters Typically Last?\u00a0 No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[730],"class_list":["post-15761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-sex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}